I took the cannonball down to the oceanAcross the desert from sea to shining seaI rode a ladder that climbs across the nationFifty million feet of earth between the buried and me

"How do you do?"She said, "Hey, how do you do?"

She buys a ticket 'cause it's cold where she comes fromShe climbs aboard because she's scared of getting older in the snowLove is a ghost train rumbling through the darknessHold on to me darling I've got nowhere else to go

"How do you do?"She said, "How do you do?"

I took the cannonball down to the oceanWatched the diesel disappear beneath the tumbling wavesLove is a ghost train howling on the radio"Remember everything." she said, "when only memory remains."